Biden ’88 ad: The White House is no place to learn on the job; Update: Sources tell Fineman Biden’s the “likely” pick

posted at 12:05 pm on August 19, 2008 by Allahpundit

Comedy gold courtesy of Ben Smith to mark Halperin’s heavy-handed hint this morning that Greasy Joe’s the one for The One (re: Halperin’s “Bo knows” allusion, note that Biden’s son is named Beau). Between this, his assorted nuanced pensees on race, and his tweaking of Barry O for being less curious about NATO’s role in Afghanistan than a subcommittee chairman should be, the RNC will have loads of fun with him. What makes the ad interesting is that after the first 30 seconds or so, it eases into a strikingly Obama-esque message: Presidency as “pulpit,” the world’s “lost confidence in us,” the same swill they’ve been selling forever as a touchy-feely alternative to Republican hawks. But what’s that bit at the end that “If the sparks fly, so be it”? Doesn’t sound very Hopenchangey to me.

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Someone may have mentioned this, but in ’88 Biden gave a speech in which he spoke about growing up with his father coming home from the coal mines, and went into substantial biographical details. It was a substantial speech and not simply a reply to a question or quickie anecdote

But, even before the Internet, it was soon discovered that Neil Kinnock, then the Opposition leader of the Labour Party in Britain, had given almost the exact same speech a few months earlier. Biden changed a few details, but it was almost word for word

Biden was not getting much traction before that revalation, but after being discovered as a Fraud his candidacy collapsed

How can a Certified Liar be taken seriously as VP? A majority of the voters of Delaware apparently don’t care as long as Joe brings home the Pork, but……….